Twilight Free as a Bird Card

Sometimes I love going into my craft room with an idea, but no fixed formulation about what I am actually going to make. I have seen some gorgeous cards on Stamp Junkies on Facebook (it is an amazing group, if you have not seen it before, I highly recommend joining the group, the cards are fabulous.) The cards were twilight scenes using some tree stamps, I decided to create my own card using the free as a bird stamp set. I have used a mask and blending brushes using misty moonlight and balmy blue. If you wanted a darker background you could use night of navy,

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (14.5cm by 21cm scored at 10.5cm)

Silver Foil - 10cm x 14cm

White layers – 9.5cm x 13.5cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (14.8cm by 21cm scored at 10.5cm)

Silver Foil - 10cm x 14.3cm

White layers – 9.5cm x 13.8cm

Imperial

4 1/8 " x 5 ¾" (5.75” x 8 ¼ scored at 4 1/8)

Silver Foil – 3 3/4” x 5 1/2”

White layers – 3 1/2” x5 ¼”

The darkness of the birds depends on the darkness of the blends I used light basic black blend, but it also works with the dark basic black blend or the Basic Black Stampin’ write marker..

For the moon I added texture using the blending brush, but it was too dark so I used a finger dauber with Craft white ink to add texture to the moon and cover my boo boos.

I am planning on trying the technique on the Peaceful; Deer Stamp Set in the new July to December catalogue. Do you prefer the lighter of darker birds.

Party Hat Gift Card Holder

I recently got to spend some time in the craft room, I was playing with some ideas and had pondered whether I could use an envelope punch board to make a smaller gift card holder. I love the ones that I have made recently but they use half a sheet of A4 each. Todays gift card holder is sized so that, you can get 4 from 1 sheet of A4. I also love that the party hats are created using an ice cream cone builder punch. They are super cute, I first saw the idea on Patty Bennet’s blog. It uses the punch to create a hat and the trim.

Measurements: 

Metric

Card -  10.5cm by 14.8cm

Score at – 4.5cm and 10.5cm

DSP and Inside White Panel – 4cm by 10cm

Imperial

Card -  4 1/8 inches by 5 ¾ inches

Score at – 1 ¾ inches and 4 1/8 inches

DSP and Inside White Panel – 3 7/8 inches by 1 5/8 inches

Tips and Tricks

• choose a DSP which works in small areas

• punch all the ice cream cones required

• add an ice cream cone to a sticky note (this allows you to line up the ice cream punch and create the hat trim.

You could decorate the hats any way you wishes. I am hunting for some pom poms to add to the top of the hat, I think these would make the perfect embellishments. How would you decorate yours?

Secret Message Gift Card Holder

Todays video is for a gift card holder using the same basic measurements as my last gift card. This is a design which I have been using for the last five years. The gift card holder opens to show a secret message as you open the holder. The original idea for this gift card was by Stampin’ Suze and her videos are the reason that I am a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator, I fell in love with the products and the adhesive remover (I am a very very messy crafter, who used to get glue everywhere.) I have used some host DSP and also the Hey Birthday Chick Stamps and dies to create a perfect Birthday Gift Card holder, but this can easily be made in to an any occasion holder by changing the stamps and DSP.

The card above uses one layer of DSP.

Metric

10.5 cm by full length

Score at 5cm

Punch at 1 inch on envelope punch board

Inside Panel – 9cm by 17cm

scored at 1cm reverse and score on 4cm

Single layer DSP –

Top Layer - 9.5cm by 9cm

Bottom Layer - 9.5cm by 3.5cm

Sentiment Panel –

Bottom Layer - 5.5cm x 3cm

Top Layer 5 x 2.5cm

Imperial

4 1/8 inches by full length (Score at 2 inches)

Punch at 1 inch on envelope punch board

Inside Panel – 3 ¼ inches by 6 ½ inches (score  at ½ inches reverse and score at 1 ½ inches)

Single layer DSP –

Top Layer – 3 3/8 inches by 3 ¾ inches

Bottom Layer - 1 3/8 inches by 3 ¾ inches

Sentiment Panel –

Bottom Layer - 2 1/8 inches by 1 ¼ inches

Top Layer 1 7/8 inches by 1 inches

As the card opens it reveals the message, only add strong adhesive to the sides of the flaps.

You can also use a base layer below the DSP if you like layers

Measurements

Metric

10.5 cm by full length

Score at 5cm

Punch at 1 inch on envelope punch board

Inside Panel – 9cm by 17cm

scored at 1cm reverse and score on 4cm

 Card Layer

Top layer 10cm x 9cm

Top layer - 10cm x 4.5cm

DSP –

Top Layer - 9.5cm by 9cm

Bottom Layer - 9.5cm by 3.5cm

 Sentiment Panel –

Bottom Layer - 5.5cm x 3cm

Top Layer 5 x 2.5cm

Imperial

4 1/8 inches by full length (Score at 2 inches)

Punch at 1 inch on envelope punch board

Inside Panel – 3 ¼ inches by 6 ½ inches (score  at ½ inches reverse and score at 1 ½ inches)

Card Layer

Top layer3 -½ inches by 3 ¾ inches

Top layer - 3 7/8 inches x 3 ½ inches

Single layer DSP –

Top Layer – 3 3/8 inches by 3 ¾ inches

Bottom Layer - 1 3/8 inches by 3 ¾ inche

Sentiment Panel –

Bottom Layer - 2 1/8 inches by 1 ¼ inches

Top Layer 1 7/8 inches by 1 inches

I love the secret message which appears as you open the gift card holder, I think that it is an unexpected surprise. I love the chicks, I am so glad that they are available all year in the catalogue. My favourite is the chick with the Balloon, what’s yours?

Simple Gift Card Holder

When you ask people what they would like for their birthday and they will regularly answer a gift card. It can make it difficult to come up with ways to give the voucher as a present. One of my favourite ways to give gift cards is within a holder. My favourite video can be found here

I have changed the measurements to suite my requirements, also so they are a little easier to follow, I am not keen on mini measurements (you may have noticed which is why I tend to change my metric cards into my metric, my head doesn’t work sometimes due to brain fog.)

Measurements: 

Metric

DSP – 23cm x 10.5 cm

Score at – 7cm, 14cm and 21.1cm

Inside White Panel – 6.5cm x 9.5cm

Imperial

DSP – 9 inches x 4 inches

Score at – 2 3/4 inches , 5 ½ inches and 8 ½ inches

Inside White Panel – 2 ½ inches x 3 ¾ inches

I adore the Happy Birthday stamp from the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp set and I think that the treat yourself stamp is perfect for any gift card, it doesn’t have to be a birthday present.

I have a few more gift card holders to share. But this is the easiest and quickest way to create a cute card holder. I love the Pool Party version, which is your favourite?

Clean and Simple Masculine Cards

I have lots of birthdays coming up, it isn’t just ladies that I need to make cards for. I have a number of masculine cards which I need to make. I have spent the weekend with my nieces which was super fabulous but has limited my time in the craft room. I have had limited time to craft so wanted some quick easy cards with minimal supplies.

These are some cards which I made in my last video on ways to use large ink pads video. I have used the same colours Misty Moonlight, Just Jade and Gray Granite and stamped dots using the end of a pencil. You could use anything to create the circles, others have used finger daubers or the ends of pens.

Measurements:

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5 by 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.75" (4” by full length scored at 5.75”)

Inside White Panel - 3.75” x 5.5”

This is another card where you can choose your own colours and materials to stamp with. I love this colour way but would love to play with more colours. What colours would you love to play with?